FOOD LOSS AND WASTEWorld Bank

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May 11, 2016Photo Source: Justin Sewell

32%

24%

of global food supply by weight

Source: WRI analysis based on FAO. 2011. Global food losses and food waste—extent, causes and

prevention. Rome: FAO.

A significant share of food intended for human consumption

is lost or wasted

of global food supply by energy content (calories)

During or

immediately after

harvesting on the

farm

After leaving the

farm for handling,

storage, and

transport

During industrial

or domestic

processing and/or

packaging

During distribution

to markets,

including at

wholesale and

retail markets

In the home or

business of the

consumer, including

restaurants and

caterers

Food is lost or wasted along the entire value chain

Source: WRI analysis based on FAO. 2011. Global food losses and food waste – extent, causes

and prevention. Rome: UN FAO.

Losses at production are more prevalent in developing regions while food waste at consumption is more prevalent in developed regions(Percent of kcal lost and wasted)

Note: Number may not sum to 100 due to rounding.

Source: WRI analysis based on FAO. 2011. Global food losses and food waste – extent, causes

and prevention. Rome: UN FAO.

If food loss and waste were its own country, it would be the third-largest greenhouse gas emitter

Need for consistency and transparency of reported data (what was measured and how it was measured)

Recommendation 1:

Develop a global “food loss and

waste protocol”

Steering Committee of Food Loss & Waste Protocol

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Food and associated inedible parts removed from the food supply chain as defined by the FLW Standard

a Intended for human consumption (i.e., excludes crops intentionally grown for bioenergy, animal feed, seed, or industrial use)b At some point in the food supply chain (including surplus food redistributed to people and consumed)

Source: Adapted from FAO (2014). Definitional Framework of Food Loss. Working paper of the Global Initiative on Food Loss and Waste

Reduction. Rome, Italy: FAO.

TARGET 12.3

By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food

losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses

Dave LewisCEO

TescoChair of Champions 12.3

Achim SteinerExecutive Director

UNEPCo-Chair of Champions 12.3

Vytenis AndriukaitisCommissioner for

Health and Food SafetyEuropean Commission

Peter BakkerPresident

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Paul BulckeCEO

Nestlé S.A.

Wiebe DreijerChairman of the Executive Board

Rabobank

Louise FrescoPresident

Wageningen University& Research

Liz GoodwinCEO

Waste and Resources Action Programme

Shenggen FanDirector General

International Food and Policy Research Institute

Hans HoogeveenVice-Minister for Agriculture

Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs

Sam KassSenior Food Analyst

NBC News(former White House chef)

Gina McCarthyAdministrator

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Evelyn NgulekaPresident

World Farmers’Organisation

Yolanda KakabadsePresident

WWF International

Kanayo F. NwanzePresident

International Fund for Agricultural Development

Cao Duc PhatMinister

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam

Paul PolmanCEO

Unilever

Juan Lucas Restrepo IbizaChairman

Global Forum on Agricultural Research

Raymond OffenheiserPresident

Oxfam America

Judith RodinPresident

Rockefeller Foundation

Feike SijbesmaCEO

Royal DSM

Andrew SteerPresident and CEO

World Resources Institute

Tristram StuartFounderFeedback

Oyun SanjaasurenPresident

United Nations Environment Assembly

Rhea SuhPresident

Natural Resources Defense Council

Rhoda Peace TumusiimeCommissioner for

Rural Economy and AgricultureAfrican Union

Sunny VergheseCEO and Co-FounderOlam International

Tom VilsackSecretary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Senzeni ZokwanaMinister

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa

Lindiwe Majele SibandaCEO and Head of Mission

Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy

Network

Champions 12.3

John BryantChairman of the Board

Kellogg Company

Michel LandelCEO

Sodexo Group

Esben Lunde LarsenMinister

Ministry of Environment and Food, Denmark

José Antonio Meade Secretary

Department of Social Development, Mexico

Rafael PaachianoSecretary

Department of Environment and Natural Resources,

Mexico

Dedicate to SDG Target 12.3

Lead by example

Showcase successes

Advocate for enabling conditions

Achieve concrete results

What Champions do

http://wri.org/food/protocol

To contact Secretariat (WRI Food Loss

& Waste Protocol team):

Kai Robertson, robertson.kai@gmail.com

Brian Lipinski, blipinski@wri.org

Craig Hanson, chanson@wri.org

Draft FLW Standard at:

http://wri.org/food/protocol

Release date: June 6, 2016

http://wri.org/food/protocol

http://wri.org/food/protocol